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Obviously it is well known that divorce can be expensive. It is no surprise therefore that many people going through divorce will want to do everything they can to keep that expense to a minimum. One tempting way to do this is to deal with the divorce yourself, without the expense of instructing a solicitor […]

Parental alienation is an increasingly common issue raised in disputes between parents over arrangements for their children, but what exactly is it, and how does the family court respond to allegations of parental alienation? Parental alienation in the news ‘Parental alienation’ is a relatively recent term, originating in the USA in the 1980s, but now […]

Imagine a woman sharing a house with her partner. She knows a little bit about technology – like most people she has a mobile phone, she uses a laptop for her social media, the house has smart speakers in it, and is protected by a camera system connected to the internet, so that it can […]

In civil (i.e. non-family) court proceedings it is not unusual for the court to summarily dismiss a claim without a full hearing, usually because it is clear that the claim has no merit. But in family court proceedings regarding children it is quite different. The Family Court will not normally make a decision concerning arrangements […]

Most court applications regarding arrangements for children are made by the parents (save where the local authority is involved). But a significant minority of cases involve other family members, or other adults. Little has been known about this group: how many people are involved, what kind of applications they are making, and so on. A […]

A person who has an affair during their marriage is obviously likely to feel extremely guilty for their actions. If their spouse finds out they may, assuming they wish for their marriage to continue, seek to make amends for what they have done. And one way to make amends is to make a gift to […]

A parent who has suffered domestic abuse at the hands of the other parent is highly likely to have difficulty in securing child maintenance payments from the other parent. Apart from just refusing to pay, abusers often withhold payments as a means of controlling their victims, thereby prolonging the abuse. Thankfully, new legislation has just […]

When a financial remedies application is made on divorce both parties have a duty to make full disclosure of their means, both to the court and to the other party. And if they do not do so then the other party may ask the court to order them to make full disclosure. But of course […]